After the fine weather of yesterday and almost spring-like conditions, this morning there is more cloud now and rain moving into snow later on when it gets colder looks like what we have ahead of us. We're hoping that come tomorrow morning I'll have some fresh snow on the ground to report.

It looks like stronger winds forecast for the day on the mountain and the resort have announced that a bunch of top lifts will be closed for the day - Nagasaka Gondola, Yamabiko quads, Skyline connecting pair and Uenotaira quad. That means that the courses up there won't be available for today.

All other lifts appear to be opening as planned at the start of the day.